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Digital imaging and teledermatology: educational and diagnostic applications of a portable digital imaging system for the trainee dermatologist
Author(s) -
LYON C.C.,
HARRISON P.V.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1997.tb01052.x
Subject(s) - teledermatology , telemedicine , medicine , referral , digital imaging , subject (documents) , curiosity , store and forward , dermatology , medical physics , digital image , family medicine , computer science , telecommunications , library science , health care , psychology , image processing , artificial intelligence , social psychology , economics , image (mathematics) , economic growth
Summary Teledermatology is no longer a futuristic curiosity; several general practices across the UK are now preparing to be electronically linked to other medical services for the purposes of referral and telediagnosis. 1 Further, digital imaging in dermatology has been the subject of considerable research in recent years, 2–4 largely because of its application to telemedicine. 5 Indeed in the UK, geographically isolated general practices in North Powys have already demonstrated the effective delivery of dermatological expertise through a video‐conferencing link to a consultant dermatologist at Aberystwyth Hospital, thereby reducing the need for patients or the consultant to travel long distances. 6